Bahrain miss handball bronze.BAHRAIN bowed to Iran 25-31 last night to miss out on the bronze medal in the third Asian Men's Youth Handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). Championships in Amman. Kuwait, meanwhile, clinched the title with a 31-26 win over Qatar. The Bahrainis were overmatched by the quicker and more organised Iranian side, who built leads as high as seven goals in the second half. The match began as a see-saw affair, with the nationals matching their highly favoured rivals point for point to forge a 12-all deadlock See deadly embrace. (parallel, programming) deadlock - A situation where two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. late in the opening period. But Iran managed to string together four straight goals for a 16-12 advantage at the break, and they never looked back. The Bahrainis, coached by Algerian Rashid Sheraih, tried valiantly to fight back, but Iran did well to stave off any and all late rallies. They virtually sealed the win with roughly five minutes to play in the match when they made a key steal off a poor Bahraini attack, scoring on the fast break for a 28-22 lead. Spirited The Bahrainis had spirited performances from top players Awad Rajab and Ali Eid Ali Eid (born in 1940) is a Lebanese politician from the Tibbineh area of Tripoli who was appointed to the then newly established Alawite seat in the Lebanese Parliament in 1991, which was created following the Taif Agreement.[1] He studied at A.U.B. , but even their best efforts came up short. Also putting in a strong showing in the loss were Abdulla Radhi, Ahmed Ali Ahmed Ali (1910 in New Delhi – 14 January 1994 in Karachi) was a Pakistani novelist, diplomat and scholar, who was responsible for writing arguably the greatest novel ever written about Delhi. , Jassim Abdulla, Mohammed Abdulla, Mohammed Madan, Hussain Ali, Ahmed Jaffer, Hassan Jaffer and Tawfeeq Al Wedaie. The result not only lost Bahrain its bronze medal, but also lost the team an automatic berth in next year's world youth championships, to be held in Tunisia. However, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Bahrain Handball Association official Isa Al Suwaidi, the nationals may still have a chance to qualify for the world tournament. Al Suwaidi said that the International Handball Federation (IHF IHF International Helsinki Federation IHF International Handball Federation IHF Integration Host Factor (DNA associated protein) IHF Indian Hockey Federation (New Delhi, India) ) has yet to decide whether next year's world championship will feature 20 or 24 teams. Should it be 20, the top three that concluded yesterday's competition, namely Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, go through. If it is 24, however, an additional Asian team can gain a berth, meaning that Bahrain have a slight chance of still making it through. It is currently unknown when the IHF will announce the number of participants for the Tunisia event. Copyright A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] 2008 Gulf Daily News
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